Possible to use a Nikon flash on Canon DSLR?

3 years 7 months ago #696526 by Little Kate
Helping a friend out and honestly don't know the answer myself.  Can a Nikon flash be used on a Canon DSLR?

Let me know please.  Thank you.

Kate


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3 years 7 months ago #696532 by Nikon Shooter
Oh no, little Kate… they (the makers) made sure of that:
different contacts at different positions… a mess to try.

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3 years 7 months ago #696537 by Shadowfixer1
I would think it would work in manual mode for the flash. All it needs to fire is for the center contact to align. I used my Nikon flash on my Olympus for quite a while. You won't get TTL or anything like that but it should fire and you can control the flash power on the flash itself.
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3 years 7 months ago #696723 by Naheed
Yes, you can use a Nikon flash on Canon DSLR but only with extra gear like an external optical slave. The built-in slave can only operate in Nikon's CLS mode. So, you can use any Nikon flash on the Canon system in auto and manual mode.


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3 years 7 months ago #696724 by Nikon Shooter
If all/most of the respective systems features are
lost… what or where is the benefit?

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3 years 7 months ago #696728 by Shadowfixer1

Nikon Shooter wrote: If all/most of the respective systems features are
lost… what or where is the benefit?

The benefit is you don't have to spend the money for the correct flash right away. It will get you by until you can buy the proper flash. If you rarely use a flash, why tie up a ton of money for something you rarely use? 
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